AusBonsai

Hi I have the following seeds available to swap if anyone is interested.



Japanese Maple
Trident Maple
Chinese Elm
Small Leaved Fig
Meleluca Claret tops
Meleluca Honey Myrtle


Just bought them from http://www.austrahort.com.au/ , had to get large quantities so I'll never use them all, will swap or sell.

I would be quite interested in the maples and chinese elm seeds, just enough of each to be reasonably sure of getting a few trees. I don't have much in the way of tree seeds to swap, if you are interested in plants other than bonsai I have hundreds, no idea if you would find anything you want there!
Otherwise happy to keep it simple and just pay.

Hi Greth, I was thinking I'd charge $5.00 minimum order including postage for 1 lot of seeds ( minimum 100 ) then $3.00 for each additional lot so for what you need would be $11.00 total.
Payment could be by Bank Transfer or Paypal or any other method you want.

Sounds cool, Paypal is set up, will PM you later with postage details.
Ta, Greth

Nice topic! We really need to start a seed bank topic, with what we all have and are willing to swap.

I've got Strangler fig, which I got via trade for trident seeds.
Interested in swapping Strangler fig for something?

I thought Strangler and Small leaf were the same, I think strangler refers to a few different figs by the look of it.

ozzy wrote:I thought Strangler and Small leaf were the same, I think strangler refers to a few different figs by the look of it.

Didn't know that! Not sure what they are specifically.

I believe just about any ficus species could be a 'Strangler' given the right circumstances. I have a Ficus Watkinsiana that I bought from a native nursery as a rooted cutting, and that was labelled 'Strangler Fig'.

Try wedging a fig seed (any species) in the fork of a tree, keep it moist until it sends a root down to soil level, then sit back and see what happens

A few years ago, I took a Queensland Small Leaf Fig (Ficus Obliqua species) from the top of a huge boulder - must have weighed over 20 tonnes, maybe more. The tree was sitting in a shallow depression on the top and stood about 3 metres high. There were no visible cracks in the boulder, but it had sent one root down over the side of the boulder and into the ground. When I severed that root, the tree fell over. I had a look and there were about six very small roots directly under the trunk that had been sitting on a bit of damp leaf litter - and there were no cracks in the shallow depression. The base of the tree was over 100mm across. If that boulder had been a tree, it would have been on the way to extinction.

Seeds arrived safely Ozzy, they look great. But don't forget to give me payment information!